The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago

The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, is one of the foremost art museums of the Santiago city. The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, is noted for its outstanding collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts. All time collections in Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago include ceramics, sculptures, paintings and textiles straddling from Mexican natives’ nations to tribes of South Chile. The Chilean architect Sergio Larrain Garcia-Moreno was the founder of Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino.

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino was inaugurated in the year 1981. The museum was created to distribute and study the creative heritage of the pre-Columbian people. There is a store at the museum where extensive ranges of articles like cassettes, indigenous crafts, videos and postcards are displayed. The museum in Santiago remains open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. On Monday, the museum remains closed.

There is a research library in Santiago Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino that focuses on Columbian archeology, art, pre-history of America and anthropology. There are about 500 periodical titles, 6000 volumes and 1900 offprints at the Museum library. The library of Santiago Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino at Santiago can be accessed only by the

library members. The library remains open from Monday to Friday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

There is a restoration and conservation laboratory at the museum of Santiago. The laboratory is accountable for protection, registry and reinstatement of the collections of the museum.

The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino is located in the middle of the business district of Santiago. It is in the corner of Compania and Bandera streets which is a block away from Plaza de Armas Square. Students and Children can enter the museum for free and the general public has to pay an entry fee.

There is an audiovisual archive at the museum library of Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, which was created in the year 1989. It includes an Indigenous Music Archive and an Ethnographic Video Archive. A prior 1-month appointment is needed for any groups from schools that are interested in visiting the museum. Free guided tours are arranged by museum officials.

The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino is situated at Bandera 361(w/Compania), Santiago, Chile. Tourists can contact the museum authorities through the number (56) 2 6887348.

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